The number of “near-Earth asteroids” that have a chance, though miniscule, of colliding with Earth this century is half what was originally estimated, a Yale researcher says. “They are the kind of asteroids you hear about in movies that are about two-...
A Yale researcher has found up to 100 new and very distant RR Lyrae stars in the Milky Way that can give valuable clues about the galaxy’s history and composition. Using a large format camera in a telescope at the Llano del hato Observatory in the...
Paul Sigler, a Yale University scientist and one of the world’s leading structural biologists, died suddenly January 11 while walking to his laboratory. He was 65. Sigler, who was Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale...
The total lunar eclipse January 20 will cast the Moon in shadow for almost 78 minutes, says Yale Astronomy and Physics Professor Bradley Schaefer. “No equipment is needed to observe the eclipse, although binoculars do improve the view,” said Schaefer. “...
A $24 million gift from business entrepreneur John Malone will allow Yale to proceed with a new building for its engineering programs, President Richard C. Levin announced today. The engineering building, and the Malone gift that supports it, is part of...
A Yale researcher has discovered that it is not necessary to have a greasy core in order to fold a protein, which is a whole new way of looking at these critical molecules. Protein folds within each cell are of great interest to researchers,...
Students at Hill Regional Career Magnet High School in New Haven are learning science with the only microscope of its kind to be found in a public school in Connecticut. The Zeiss EM109 electron microscope, worth more than some city schools’ annual...
President Clinton has awarded Yale University Mathematician Ronald Coifman the National Medal of Science, which is the highest recognition of its kind in the country.
“This is like winning the lottery,” said Coifman, the Phillips Professor of Mathematics...
A newly discovered “Ras” protein, which is related to a group known to be a factor in nearly 30 percent of all human tumors, has been identified by a Yale professor. “There are three known Ras proteins,” said Sankar Ghosh, associate professor in the...
Three Yale professors in the faculty of engineering are among 75 researchers in 25 states selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to receive grants totaling $25 million to improve space exploration research. The Yale...